In our article, I would like to talk about the outstanding Russian actress Tatyana Bestaeva. How successful was her career? What films brought fame to the artist? What about her personal life? Answers to these and other questions can be found in our material.
Childhood and youth
Tatyana Bestaeva was born on June 13, 1937 in the city of Tskhinval, Georgia. A girl was born in a creative family. The love of high art was instilled in our heroine from early childhood. And this is not surprising, because her father - Vladimir Bestaev - was one of the stars of Soviet silent cinema.
The girl was not distinguished by outstanding academic success. Therefore, she had to get secondary education, attending evening school. Subsequently, Tatyana still managed to enter the All-Union Institute of Cinematography. The girl graduated from a prestigious university in 1961, after which she began to take the first steps towards becoming a professional actress.
Movie debut
Actress Tatyana Bestaeva got her first role in big cinema while studying at the institute. At this time, the young actress was offered to play one of the main roles in the Soviet musical comedy directed by Isidor Annensky under the title “Sailor from the Comet”. Here Bestaeva appeared in the image of a diligent student and athlete Lena Shuvalova.
Due to absence from shooting in her debut film, Tatyana was forced to stay at the institute for the second year. Despite the troubles, the artist did not regret the act. Indeed, after the release of the film “Sailor from the Comet” on wide screens, our heroine acquired the status of one of the most promising and attractive young actresses in the Soviet Union. Tatyana Bestaeva began to regularly attend social events and literally lead a bohemian life. Her circle of friends included many celebrities. In particular, for a long time, the closest girlfriend of the young artist was Lyudmila Gurchenko.
The finest hour of the actress
Extremely successful in the career of the artist was 1964. At this time, the famous picture of the Ukrainian director Sergey Parajanov “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” was released, which immediately acquired the status of a cult film. Tatyana Bestaeva performed here in the guise of a beauty named Palagna. By the way, this tape was the first work in the history of Russian cinema, where a naked female body was demonstrated. It was this episode that once again made the public talk about the person of Tatyana Bestaeva.
The tape "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" enjoyed extraordinary popularity not only among the Soviet audience, but also circulated in the West. It is noteworthy that, having looked at the picture, French artist Gerard Depardieu, still not very famous at that time, fell in love with Tatyana unconscious. The latter even came to Moscow, counting on relations with Bestaeva. However, the actor failed to achieve the location of the star of the Soviet screen.
Tatyana Bestaeva: personal life
The famous actress has always enjoyed the attention of men. At one time, Alexander Belyavsky tried to take care of our heroine, and later Andrei Mironov himself. However, Tatyana often liked erudite personalities who were not related to art.
During her life Bestaeva was married three times. Even at the dawn of career development, the prominent Soviet director Aleksey Gabrilovich became the spouse of the artist . However, after a few years, the couple broke up.
The second time, Tatyana connected fate with musician Yevgeny Stolyarov. This union also did not last long. After some time, the artist’s husband died tragically, falling from the balcony of a multi-storey building.
After the last marriage, Bestaev remained alone for a decade. When the age of the actress approached the fourth ten, she began a romantic relationship with an ordinary man named Cyril. Together, the couple lived for 22 years, until her lover passed away. There were no children in the family. Therefore, in her old age, Tatyana Vladimirovna tried to devote herself to work in the cinema and performances on the stage.